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March 1st, 2010, 22:50
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We know how you feel. Sure, telerobotics (http://www.engadget.com/tag/telepresence,@robots) has changed your life for the better, allowing to interact with people as if you're really there, coasting through the halls of an institution of higher learning, dropping knowledge on anyone within shouting distance. But something's missing. You aren't happy, you aren't free. MeBot, developed at MIT's Personal Robotics Group (http://www.engadget.com/tag/mit,@robots) and prepped for presentation at the Human-Robot Interaction conference in Osaka, Japan, looks to solve this. It adds movement to the equation, hoisting an OQO (http://www.engadget.com/tag/OQO/) aloft for a head and adding in gesticulating arms to the equation. The idea is to allow the teleoperator to be more engaged through "head" and "arm" movements, with the arms being moved by handheld controls, and the head movement created by tracking the face of the operator. We could obviously conceive of a more elaborate representation, but the off the shelf components like the OQO brain seem worthy of commendation. Check out some video of the bot in action after the break.Continue reading MIT's MeBot makes telerobotics fun again (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/mits-mebot-makes-telerobotics-fun-again/)
MIT's MeBot makes telerobotics fun again (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/mits-mebot-makes-telerobotics-fun-again/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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We know how you feel. Sure, telerobotics (http://www.engadget.com/tag/telepresence,@robots) has changed your life for the better, allowing to interact with people as if you're really there, coasting through the halls of an institution of higher learning, dropping knowledge on anyone within shouting distance. But something's missing. You aren't happy, you aren't free. MeBot, developed at MIT's Personal Robotics Group (http://www.engadget.com/tag/mit,@robots) and prepped for presentation at the Human-Robot Interaction conference in Osaka, Japan, looks to solve this. It adds movement to the equation, hoisting an OQO (http://www.engadget.com/tag/OQO/) aloft for a head and adding in gesticulating arms to the equation. The idea is to allow the teleoperator to be more engaged through "head" and "arm" movements, with the arms being moved by handheld controls, and the head movement created by tracking the face of the operator. We could obviously conceive of a more elaborate representation, but the off the shelf components like the OQO brain seem worthy of commendation. Check out some video of the bot in action after the break.Continue reading MIT's MeBot makes telerobotics fun again (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/mits-mebot-makes-telerobotics-fun-again/)
MIT's MeBot makes telerobotics fun again (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/mits-mebot-makes-telerobotics-fun-again/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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